Broadchurch (2013–2017): Season 2, Episode 7 - Episode #2.7 - full transcript

Previously on Broadchurch -

I'm going into hospital - pacemaker.

If anything happens,
I've made a will.

Your mother had a fall.

I-I'm afraid she passed away.

Jonah, say something!

Why can't you get me out of here?

I was saying it was over,
I'd met someone else,

our marriage was done.

~ Why are we together?
Is it just cos Danny died?
~ No.

If it is, don't bother.



If this trial collapses,
it's because of you.

I think I might have
something. Could be juicy.

Look at that stuff. Look
at the Gillespies.

Look at that bloke hanging
around the estate.

~ Do your remember doing work
for Thorp Agri Services?
~ Don't think so.

When I see him, I lose myself.

~ I need you to move out.
I'm giving you 48 hours.
~ You can't do that.

Claire Ripley showed me a photograph.

She was wearing Pippa's pendant.

You go about your life
thinking you're complete,

then you meet someone and realise
you're only half of something.

People laugh about it.

'Have you met my other half?'

Then when you meet that person...



.. you know it's true.

You're only really whole
when you're with each other.

Never ends well, does it?

~ What doesn't?
~ Love.

It makes you strong and...

.. then it pulls you down.

However it happens...

.. one half always loses the other.

~ It's OK.
~ No, it's not.

~ It's all right.
~ No, it's not.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

What's going on?

Morning. Cup of tea?

Claire's gone from the house.

Then I found a pile
of ash in the sink,

presumably from where
she burnt the photograph

of herself wearing this pendant.

You're saying Pippa's pendant
actually belonged to Claire?

~ Well, Claire was wearing
it in the photograph I saw.
~ Tea.

So she must have given
it to Pippa at some point.

And now she's burnt the
photo. She's panicking.

That's good. I like
it when they panic.

Claire kills the girls
and Lee covers for her?

What would be her motive?

Unless she was grooming
Pippa for Lee.

I knew I'd seen this name
before - Gary Thorp.

He runs that incinerator business
- Thorp Agri Services.

He was on the invite list to the
wedding Ricky and Kate went to.

RSVP'd yes, didn't turn up.

Does he know Ricky and Kate?
We haven't talked to him?

There was no connection until
now. I'll get on to it.

It doesn't mean we'll
reopen the case.

What are you two gonna do?

Miller is gonna give Claire
one last chance to confess.

~ Am I?
~ Aye, you are.

We're gonna set a fire under her.

Hello?

Hi, it's me. Where are you?

Like you care.

I saw the photograph, Claire.

Why were you wearing a pendant
belonging to Pippa Gillespie?

It wasn't Pippa's.

It was mine.

My gran gave it to me.

Why did Pippa Gillespie have it?
Why did you burn the photograph?

Do you know, I am...

I am sick and tired of my life
being defined by this, Ellie.

I keep being dragged into something
I had nothing to do with.

Why do you still keep
secrets from us?

~ The truth doesn't help.
~ It gives peace to the families involved.

You think so?

Your friends, the parents of
that boy your husband killed...

.. are they at peace now?

No, I didn't think so.

OK, Lisa Newbury - we need to
know if she's dead or alive,

if there's a body to be found.

I had a life, Ellie, and it
was destroyed in the ripples.

They just keep coming at me.

When is it ever gonna stop?

~ Where's Claire?
~ Don't you know?

~ She's left the cottage.
~ What did she do that for?

~ Anyway, I came to say thank you.
~ For what?

South Mercia Constabulary

have authorised the Sandbrook
investigation to be re-opened.

New leads, new evidence.

Couldn't have it without you,
that information you gave me.

Not gonna take long
to wrap it up now.

Are you all right? There's
something different about you.

I'm more than all right, Lee.

I'm reborn.

What?

I thought this case would kill me.

I thought I would die not
knowing, having failed.

Then I had my operation.

After it, when I woke up...

.. and I was alive, and I
didn't expect to be alive...

.. know the first thing I felt?

What?

Angry.

Really, properly angry.

For the Gillespies,
for Pippa, for Lisa.

I hadn't felt that angry in years.
That is a beautiful feeling. I was...

I was worn down, I was
tired, I was beaten.

Now I've got a new lease of life.

Whereas you, of course, look
at you - you're exhausted.

Sick of running.

Sick of not being able
to escape what happened.

~ I get that.
~ You don't get anything about me.

What I don't get...

.. is whether you're lying to protect
yourself or someone else.

Presumably Claire.

I'd always thought she
was lying to protect you.

Maybe it's the other way round.

You can't trust her.

~ You're wrong.
~ Am I?

She ever tell you she was pregnant?

When?

Judging by the dates - before the
night Lisa and Pippa went missing -

~ so all the time you were in custody.
~ You're lying.

Ask her.

So what happened to it?

~ It's OK.
~ No, it's -
~ It's all right.
~ No, it's not.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

If he ever finds out about this...

Why don't you ask her?

Hurry up. Last day of evidence.

Should I move out?

Oh... Do you want to?
Where would you go?

I don't know.

I didn't say, 'Leave,' I said,
'I need you to change.'

Yeah, what if I can't?

Stop thinking of life as something
that happens to you.

~ What we do now, that's who we are.
~ You said you didn't need me.

I said I can be alone if I have to.

You need to decide if we matter
enough for you to change.

Mark and Beth...

Ms Bishop, I believe you
have an application to make.

The defence wishes to recall former
Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller

as a witness for the defence.

My Lady, I apply to treat DS
Miller as a hostile witness.

How close are you to your sister?

Lucy? Pretty close.

We have our disagreements,
you know, family.

At the end of the investigation
into Danny Latimer's death,

were you aware she'd racked
up substantial gambling debts?

~ I became aware, yeah.
~ How did you become aware?

Lucy told me she was in trouble.

~ Did she ask for help with the debts?
~ She did, I refused.

On the day that your husband,
the defendant, was arrested,

you wrote a cheque

from the joint-account you hold
with your husband for £1,000,

made payable to your sister.

Is that correct?

What made you change your
mind about helping her?

I don't know.

You don't know why you suddenly
gave your sister £1,000?

She was desperate.

It was YOU that was
desperate, wasn't it?

Later that day, according
to your police notebook,

you told DI Hardy that your
sister had given a statement

describing a man

conveniently matching the
description of the defendant

dumping clothes into a bin
the night of Danny's death.

Did you bribe your sister

~ to fabricate evidence against your husband?
~ No, I didn't.

You bribed a witness to
implicate your husband

so that you could fix
a failing investigation

and continue your affair
with DI Hardy.

~ Isn't that true?
~ Not a single word of this is true!

~ I lent her money to help -
~ Not 'lent', 'bribed'!

On the condition that she
help you frame your husband.

Nobody framed Joe. He killed
Danny, he confessed.

~ After you beat him up, or before?
~ Don't listen to her!

Everybody knows he killed Danny and
I wish I'd been able to stop him!

Don't lecture the jury, PC Miller.
Your job is to answer the question.

No further questions, m'lady.

That concludes the
case for the defence.

~ No, no, Miller back in the car.
~ What?

You boys are going to your Aunt
Lucy's - sleepover, it'll be fun.

~ What's he talking about?
~ I've no idea. You're not going to Lucy's.

I've arranged it. We've
got work to do.

We'll drop you there
now. How was court?

~ You bribed your sister?!
~ I did not!

I lent her money, she made
a statement - separate things!

~ Can you not see how that
could get put together?
~ I make mistakes.

But I didn't kill a child! They
were gonna shut the case down.

She knew something, but needed
money. I did not know it was Joe!

That's all right, then (!)

It's gonna be all right, they've
got enough evidence, haven't they?

It could go either way.
Juries are funny animals.

Would it kill you to be reassuring?
You are terrible company!

Why are we going back here, anyway?

Tess has found Gary Thorp.
I really wanna talk to him.

Gary Thorp?

South Mercia Police.

Are you the same Gary Thorp
who owns Thorp Agri Services?

Used to. It was my dad's business.
When he died, I took it over.

Went bankrupt. What's this about?

Did Kate Gillespie do
your business accounts?

Not to my knowledge.

Have you ever met Kate,
or her husband, Ricky?

Once. He met lent me cash
when I was in trouble.

Money came from his niece, Lisa.

So you know Lisa Newbury?

We went out a couple of times.

~ Was it serious?
~ I wish!

Uh...

I fell for her, big time.

I thought she was the one,

and she didn't feel
the same about me.

Why didn't you come forward
when Lisa disappeared?

I wasn't in any state.

Why not?

The business was in a state cos
I wasn't paying to attention to it

~ and my life went out of control.
~ What do you mean?

I used to follow her a little bit.

Stand outside where she
was. I'm not proud of it.

Like when she was babysitting?

Did you stand outside the Gillespies'
house when she was there?

Where were you on the night
the girls disappeared?

In hospital.

I tried to kill myself.

So what are you here for?

~ Did you ever give money to Gary Thorp?
~ Never heard of him.

He went out with Lisa, got a business
called Thorp Agri Services.

Yes... Yeah, I did
give him some cash.

Lisa asked for some help, said
he had a cash flow problem,

that I'd get it back.

~ Why didn't you tell us at the time?
~ Uh, cos it didn't seem important

and it never came up.

Did you knew he ran an animal
incineration business?

Jesus. Do you think he had
something to do with it?

How long have you had this picture?

A year, two.

You like bluebells?

Uh...

Yeah, yeah. They're all
right. They're a...

They're a flower, aren't they? So...

~ Well, thank you very much for your time.
~ Yeah.

You still got the number
you found in Claire's phone?

~ Yeah.
~ Ring it.

No-one followed you, did they?
They don't know I'm here.

When were you gonna tell me?!

~ I don't know...
~ You don't know?!

I swear!

I don't know... Get
off me. Get off me!

~ You were pregnant!
~ Get off me.

Get off me!

I wasn't ready to tell you,
and then you were arrested.

I didn't know what was gonna happen.

I was so scared!

I was so scared.

What happened to the baby?

I had an abo...

I had an abortion.

~ How did Alec Hardy know about this?
~ Alec? Alec? He told you?

~ How did he know?
~ He came to the clinic with me.

He stayed with me.

Was the baby mine?

~ Was the baby mine?!
~ You have to ask me that?

You have to ask me that,
after all I've done for you?

I don't want you near me.

I need three doubters on the
jury - who am I aiming for?

No 0.6 did not like Hardy - she kept
shaking her head without realising.

This bloke kept fidgeting every
time Jocelyn was on her feet,

like he wasn't interested. That
one laughed at your jokes.

This one's very pro you - sits up
and smiles every time you speak.

~ Quite right.
~ This one is not impressed
with the police evidence.

~ A lot of work to get her onside.
~ I don't care about them.

As long as we've got three, they
can't get a unanimous verdict,

or a majority.

How did you know to look at
their joint bank statements?

Oh, right. Erm...

~ You know the boy who works
at the local newspaper?
~ Mm.

Ellie Miller's nephew.

~ Possibly shagged him.
~ No!

Bloody hell!

I hope you gave him a good time!

Jocelyn, I'm sorry about your mum.

~ We're working now, Ben.
~ All the same...

Compartments - that's how
we survive in this world.

What do we know about the defendant?

We know he had a violent temper.

We know he was in secret
communication with Danny.

We know he was secretly
meeting Danny.

We know the defendant has
not been able to give us

a satisfactory explanation as
to why he had Danny's phone.

Or why he gave Danny £500 in cash.

We know forensics have placed
him at the murder scene.

You've heard sworn evidence

that Joe Miller was seen
dumping clothes that night.

You have not heard any alibi evidence

to place him anywhere else other
than at the murder scene.

And yet the one person we haven't
heard from is the defendant himself.

It's a short walk from the
dock to the witness box -

I've counted it to be 13 steps.

You may think that if you're falsely
accused of a child's murder,

you'd make that short walk.

You may even think you'd run there

to reassure the jury
of your innocence.

But when given the opportunity to
give his own account and explanation

of the evidence against him,

when given a chance to
protest his innocence,

to shout it from the rooftops...

.. he chooses to stay silent.

Instead, he allows his
lawyers to speculate,

to throw red herrings around

to try and distract
you from the truth.

You may conclude that the reason
for all these distortions,

and the reason the defendant has
not got into that witness box

is because he knows, he knows
he can't defend himself.

He's preferred to hide
behind the glass,

to hide behind the fabricated stories

his lawyers are fighting
to convince you of.

In a moment, you're going
to hear from Ms Bishop,

who's going to make many
ludicrous suggestions.

It's up to you, members of the jury,
how seriously you take these.

But the Crown's case is that you can
be sure of the defendant's guilt.

You can be sure Joe Miller...

.. murdered Daniel Latimer.

I always loved watching
your speeches.

Thank you.

Good luck with yours.

My boy can't appeal his sentence.

So...

you and your shitty justice system...

.. can both go to hell.

The Crown needs you to be sure.

They've given you
a version of events,

but there's a compelling alternative
version of what happened that night.

It's not in any dispute
that Danny's father, Mark,

was 50 yards away from
the murder scene.

Let's stop and think about that.

Mark Latimer had just
engaged in illicit sex

with a new-found mistress

that had a profound effect on him.

Because, according
to his own evidence,

he composed a letter to his wife

telling her the marriage was over,
that he had found his new soul-mate.

He interpreted a fumble in a car

as true love.

Now let's remember that there was
a window in the hut where Danny was,

which had a direct
view onto the carpark.

Let's say that Danny saw his
dad with his new mistress.

Let's say that he ran from the
hut and confronted his dad.

As soon as his face popped
up at that car window,

Mark's dream,

Mark's absurd schoolboy
fantasy was in pieces.

He was jolted back to the real world.

Just picture it.

Danny's gonna run to his
mum, tell her everything.

Mark has a tiny window of
opportunity to stop him,

to explain,

to reassure and persuade
him not to tell.

Now let's imagine Danny
tried to break free,

ran back to the hut.

Mark follows him.

There's an altercation.

And in the ensuing
tragedy and confusion,

Mark ends up killing Danny.

Can you be sure that didn't happen?

You also heard evidence
that Nigel Carter was seen

dumping Danny's body that night.

Can you be sure that
Mark did not kill Danny

and call his workmate and best friend
to help him out of a crisis?

You may also feel that
the police investigation

was fundamentally flawed.

Procedures compromised, personal liaisons
got in the way of the truth.

Now it is an undoubted tragedy

that a young boy was murdered.

But it's my job to represent
the defendant.

And it's my contention that
it's impossible to be sure

that this man is guilty.

There's only one candidate
on trial here - the defendant.

The prosecution have to prove their
case against this defendant.

You have to be satisfied

that you are sure of
the defendant's guilt.

The defence, as part of their case,
have offered you an alternative.

If you think what the
defence says is true,

or may possibly be true,

then the prosecution have failed in
proving the guilt of the defendant.

There's no burden on the
defence to prove anything.

There's no obligation on the
defendant to give evidence.

Now, you may draw
your own conclusions

as to why the defendant has
chosen not to give evidence,

but bear in mind he will have obtained
legal advice on the matter.

You are the judges of fact.

You must put aside any emotion

and approach this in
a cold, analytical way.

Consider and assess all of
the evidence that you've heard

The first thing you need to
do is appoint a foreperson.

And if you need to be reminded
of any evidence,

just pass a note via
the jury bailiff.

You will now be escorted
to a private room

to begin your
deliberations. Thank you.

How are you doing?

You have to rise above it, Dad.

The judge has let the jury go today.
They'll be reconvening tomorrow.

How long will it take?

It could be done within an hour
tomorrow, could be a week,

it's impossible to predict.

Do we have to come in tomorrow
if they're still discussing?

No, but if they reach a verdict,
they'll read it immediately.

~ We have to sit and wait?
~ Yeah.
~ Whole system stinks.

~ I know it can't have been
easy for you in there.
~ You have no idea.

~ Tell me they're going to come
back with the right verdict.
~ I hope so.

I don't know what I've
done to deserve this.

It's a thank you for pulling
me back into the world.

Have I done that?

You know you have.

There's something else.

Something I should have told you...

long before now.

There was a moment, must
have been 15 years ago.

I should have said
it then, and I didn't.

And I want to say it now.

It's always been you.

~ What has?
~ You're gonna make me say it, aren't you?

Fine.

I'm in love with you, Maggie.

Ever since you came here.

What am I supposed
to do with that now?

Do you really think I didn't know?

~ Well, why didn't you say anything?
~ Because you never did!

I thought if you really
feel that strongly,

you'd be brave,

you wouldn't care
what people thought.

~ But your work mattered more.
~ I thought it did.

But I was wrong.

Say something.

Jocelyn, you're grieving,
you're feeling alone,

that's why you're saying this.

But it's over. The moment passed.

No.

I don't think it has.

~ Are you OK?
~ Mm-hm.

Just... got into a bit of a scrap.

You should see the other girl.

Have you reported this to the police?

What's so funny about that?

I think I need a bit of sanctuary.

I've got some antiseptic wipes - I
can have a look at the eye for you.

Thank you.

It was my husband - he found
out I'd had an abortion.

~ Has he been violent with you before?
~ Not really.

~ Do you live locally?
~ Don't really live anywhere at the moment.

I can recommend a women's
refuge for you.

~ I can drive you there, if need be.
~ No, it's not like that.

~ It looks very much like that.
~ No, it's not.

It really is not. It's
more complicated.

And I'm...

I'm all out of places to
run, that's the problem.

What am I supposed to do?

I was in trouble once.
I was living rough.

I'd sort of...

~ .. hit rock bottom.
~ What did you do?

I stopped, turned around and faced
the demons I'd been avoiding.

There was no other way
to go, so I fought back.

'When I am weak, then I am strong.'

Recurring suspects - what were
they doing in the 12 hours

before Lisa and Pippa went missing?

Uh... Right.

Claire... left work at four o'clock

and she went to do Kate's hair...

~ It's there.
~ Oh.

.. for the wedding party that night.

Ricky - he got home at 4:45,

having spent the afternoon at a
building site doing foundations.

Lee finished a job that morning putting
in flooring in a church hall

then went to buy stock - we've
got him on CCTV in the carpark,

a receipt timed at 14:27,
so that tallies.

Claire and Kate remember hearing
him working on his own floor

when Claire was doing Kate's hair.

~ When was that taken?
~ About a week before.

That leaves Gary Thorp,

who says he spent all day and
most of the evening at work -

the place was on a 7 day, 24 hour
activity during that period.

The furnace was alight all
weekend? Who else knew?

What bothers me is when I asked about
Thorp Agri Services, he lied.

He said maybe it was
connected to Kate.

He'd heard that name before,
knew it was connected. How?

Gary Thorp is a credible suspect
if he was stalking Lisa.

How does Lee Ashworth know that?
We only know cos Thorp told us.

~ Ashworth would have no reason to know.
~ Unless Lisa told him.

Exactly.

Miller, there it is - that's
the lie. That's the wee lie.

He wanted me to think he'd heard
about Thorp through Kate,

but what if it was through Lisa?

If that's the case, Lee must have
known her better that he's admitted.

Mustn't he!

What did that text mean?

~ I've got something wrong?
~ Thought you'd come round.

~ Spoken to Claire yet?
~ What do you want?

~ Did you ever sleep with Lisa Newbury?
~ No.

~ Did you want to?
~ No.

~ She turn you down?
~ No.

What did Claire make of you and Lisa?

There was no 'me and Lisa'.

~ I barely even spoke to her.
~ Right.

Just slept with her?

What's it like to kill someone, Lee?

What's it like to be in the room
when the life goes out a person?

How does it feel to be
responsible for that?

I told you, I don't know.

I think you do.

I look at you and I see
someone stained by death.

I think it haunts you
every single day.

Just confess, Lee.

I'm nearly there, anyway.

I've got nothing else to say.

Between you and Claire, I think
there's plenty still to say.

I'm gonna make you say it.

There's a question from the
jury. We're going back in.

The jury have asked
to see a photograph

of the view from the window
of the clifftop hut.

We will get copies
to you straight away.

And the second question
is to clarify...

.. to clarify whether Mark Latimer
was ever questioned by the police

as a suspect.

Erm... Yes, he was.

He was arrested for obstruction

and spoken to in connection
with Danny's death.

~ If they're asking those questions...
~ Doesn't necessarily mean anything.

Of course it does. They're
going with the defence.

They're in there saying
I might be the killer.

~ What are you doing?!
~ Mocking up two different versions -

Not now. Not now!

~ All right, Mags?
~ Hi, Nige.

~ Any news?
~ No, nothing yet.

Ooh!

Got anything juicy coming up next?

~ Er... Armed robberies, Bristol.
~ Nice!

~ You?
~ Sexual assault, Southwark.

Oh.

So, what do you think - the verdict?

I think it could do either
way. What do you reckon?

~ We've won.
~ Ha!

Seriously, I mean, Jocelyn, she's
great, but she's past it.

Abby.

~ I wanted to say...
~ Mm?

I think you're a truly...

horrible person.

The jury are coming back in.

Madam Foreperson, please answer
my first question 'yes' or 'no'.

Have you reached a verdict
on this defendant

upon which you are all agreed?

No.

I can't do this.

I would urge you to continue trying
to reach a unanimous verdict.

But I am prepared to accept a verdict

upon which at least
ten of you are agreed.

Would you please now go with
the jury bailiff. Thank you.

I keep thinking about that last
Sunday we were all together.

Before you went to Florida.

You came to ours for a barbecue

and the boys all went out playing
football till it got dark.

Way after it got dark.

Tom came into your kitchen to get
torches so they could keep playing.

I can still see them all now.

I shut my eyes - the sun's setting,
I can see them all playing.

Danny, Mark, Tom...

.. and Nige and...

Joe.

Even the memories are spoiled.

There's this moment where
Dan spotted me looking out.

And he ran over in his yellow shirt.

He ran to the window, all pink
and sweaty from running round.

He pulled a face at the
window, it made me laugh.

I pulled one back.

My little boy pulling faces at me.

I'm thinking of leaving
Mark. It's not working.

Even when this is over,
it won't fix us.

We're not the same people anymore.

Be careful, though, Beth.

You think you're alone in
that marriage, you're not.

It's nothing compared
to being really alone.

It's over, isn't it, between us?

I think it might be.

How does it work, though,
us without each other?

Do you trust me to keep your secrets?

As much as you trust
me to keep yours.

What will you do?

~ Go back to France, I suppose.
~ What's so great about France?

Nobody knows me.

Almost nobody.

You shouldn't have hit me.

~ You're lucky I stopped there.
~ What did you say?

It's a joke.

Thank God you never became a father.

Where will you go?

You're so stupid.

Have you played that yet?

Thank you.

~ What are you doing here?
~ You want the bloody pendant? Have it.

No. You took this?!

You had this all along?!

There's a verdict. Jury
are coming back in.

No, no, no. You're not
leaving my sight. Come on!

Could we have the jury
back in, please.

~ What do you think?
~ Shh!

Madam Foreperson, please answer
my first question 'yes' or 'no'.

~ Have you reached a verdict
on this defendant?
~ Yes.

Is this the verdict of
you all, or as a majority?

A majority.

Would the defendant please stand.

Do you find the defendant
Joseph Michael Miller

guilty, or not guilty?